Today while driving down Deerfoot (near Southland), a truck was trying really hard to get through the rush hour traffic and I thought, "F off you ######". Then I saw a couple of cop cars weaving through traffic, without their lights on.
Then out of nowhere, three more cop cars appeared (One cutting right in front of me), and then they positioned themselves so that the truck was completely trapped in, then all put their lights on at the same time.
I was stopped with a front row seat to the action. All the cops got out and drew their guns, shouting and screamining at the guy, then they pulled him out of teh truck and arrested him on the ground.
I thought that was pretty cool. I just felt bad for everyone on Deerfoot behind me, as I quickly pulled over to the far right lane and went on my way as soon as the drama ended, where as a lot of people behind the incident were going to get stuck in a huge traffic jam (The police took up 3 lanes, and there's four lanes at that portion of Deerfoot). I believe this was around 4:30ish, so I could only imagine the rush hour traffic jam.
One crazy thing I saw was a (drunk?) woman speeding up our street and then smashing into my neighbors van at about 50-60km/h without barely even braking. After a couple seconds, while I stood in my front yard just kind of gaping at the whole incident, she then proceeded to back up her mangled car and attempt to drive away. So we called 911 and the police came and chased her down (not much of a chase, I imagine). Then we gave statements and stuff.
So... the police involvement was actually pretty minimal but it was still pretty crazy just to see it.
When I was like 7 I saw a few cops chasing down the random goods sellers under the eiffel tower. Mid chase one of the cops drops her gun and it comes sliding across the pavement and bounces off the curb at my feet. I was young, but I still remember it clear as day. The entire chase was hilarious, guys with random sacks of goods running in circles and dropping trinkets all over the place.
I dont think I have ever witnessed anything to crazy with the police, but as with the other poster I saw a pretty crazy accident.
I was driving home from work and a car doing over 100km/h came off the highway and t boned a van 10 feet in front of me. The Van rolled, and the car was like a back seat... No one was seriously injured, but it was crazy.... there was only me and one other guy there for about 15 minutes with no cell phone, so we couldn't call 911.
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No police were involved, but a few years ago in a Family Vacation, about 40 minutes outside of Calgary, I was taking a part of the drive. We were leaving a small town after a bathroom break, and we were following a 18 wheeler. We were both getting up to about 60-70 km/hr and getting closer to merging on the highway when the 18 wheeler suddenly starts sounding its horn, slows down and swerve off the road (Into the extra room that thankfully existed). I have no clue whats going on until the back of the truck is out of the way and there's this car going the wrong direction, headed straight towards me (According to my parents, it was some old lady driving the car).
Thankfully, I got off the road in time, but I'm still baffled to this day by the fact that the old lady spent a while going the wrong direction on the highway (It had to be 10-20 minutes until the next turn off).
Similar story for me. I was driving a few cars behind a van near 36th and Memorial when I noticed 3 cops cars suddenly appear. I turn onto 36th then all of a sudden theres another 4 or 5 cop cars waiting for the van. As soon as the van approaches, they all flash their lights in which several officers draw their weapons. Strange thing was that it was an old asian lady driving the van.
One crazy thing I saw was a (drunk?) woman speeding up our street and then smashing into my neighbors van at about 50-60km/h without barely even braking. After a couple seconds, while I stood in my front yard just kind of gaping at the whole incident, she then proceeded to back up her mangled car and attempt to drive away. So we called 911 and the police came and chased her down (not much of a chase, I imagine). Then we gave statements and stuff.
So... the police involvement was actually pretty minimal but it was still pretty crazy just to see it.
OMG I know where you live! My cousin is probably your next door neighbour! Crazy incident. Saw the van and I was in shock!
Just yesterday I had to take care of a girl who ate too many marijuana brownies. She was convulsing and was not in good shape. Not crazy but my reaction, in hindsight made me chuckle today.
After making sure she was okay and got proper care (amberlamps and campus security came), I couldn't help but think of the 'Funny Pic thread' and thinking to myself, "She could use some bacon right now. A lot of bacon."
A few weeks ago I pulled into one of the shopping malls here in Victoria. I was about to head inside the Wal-Mart when some lady came up to me and said 'Don't bother. The cops won't let you in.'
So I looked up and saw three cops with a couple of dogs standing beside the entrance to the Shoppers Drug Mart that is right beside Wal-Mart. I turn around and see that they parking lot has now been blocked off by cop cars and nobody is getting in or out.
I then watched as a bunch of cops went running around the back of the building. A couple minutes later, some dude carrying a huge bag full of stuff comes strolling out of Shoppers. The cop to the left of him drew his gun and told the guy to get on the ground. The guy looks like he's about to make a break for it until the other cop comes out of nowhere and, from behind, crushes him with a vicious blindside tackle. They arrested the guy and then let everyone go.
As I was leaving, I passed a couple CPS officers on my way out. Once outside there must have been 15 patrol cars and "suited up" officers congregating outside. Another patron said that they were blocking the front door too. I asked an officer if it was wise to stay in the area, he said nothing. About 20 officers proceed to make their way in.
I decided it was wise to leave. I went back a days later and asked a server what happened. Apparently, there was a high profile criminal in the establishment. She said she knew him (the criminal), and that he wasn't a bad guy. The whole thing ended without incedent.
I was surprised at the show of force, never seen anything like that before. The suspect must have done something serious to provoke that reaction by the CPS.
I once saw cops running after a perp outside the St Louis. The perp tripped and fell face first on to the fender of a car. This made the sickest sound I ever heard as his head got scrambled.
I've been arrested and cuffed on the ground at gunpoint twice by the Calgary Police, once for being in a warehouse around midnight where they thought we were thieves (my buddy's Dad owned the place), the second time when we were... um... shooting at pigeons with a pellet gun from a 7th floor balcony in the beltline. That arrest was pretty tactical, I saw the lasers dancing at my feet that time. Spent the night in the can and took a few charges for that one.
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Just yesterday I had to take care of a girl who ate too many marijuana brownies. She was convulsing and was not in good shape. Not crazy but my reaction, in hindsight made me chuckle today.
After making sure she was okay and got proper care (amberlamps and campus security came), I couldn't help but think of the 'Funny Pic thread' and thinking to myself, "She could use some bacon right now. A lot of bacon."
UWO girls can handle their brownies.
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I don't know if Mexican police count, but I witnessed a pretty crazy policia incident in Rosarito, Mexico in August. At about 10 pm, I was walking back to my room along an open air walkway on the 5th floor of our condo building when I heard tires screeching. I looked toward the town and saw a car attempting to make a 90 degree turn off of the main street at easily 80 mph because it was trying to outrun a police car. The fleeing car didn't make the turn, skidded down the street, slammed into some stuff and the came to rest with no signs of movement inside. The police car stopped behind it, the cop got out, walked up to the window of the other car, "pop" "pop," then walked away. Based on the lack of movement inside the first car, I'm assuming that the guy was either dead or knocked out anyway, but then the cop just finished him off. So if anyone is going to Baja, I'd recommend staying in your room after dark.
I saw 2 cops yesterday come in and arrest a native man, after he tried buying listerine for the 3rd time in one day from the same Safeway. Nothing crazy, just a lot of shouting, but was awfully strange to see an arrest in Safeway of all places.
One fine evening, me and a few friends wanted to have a backyard fire, but we didn't have any wood. A buddy of mine offers up some info on a neighbour of his that had a giant stack of firewood in his back driveway, so me and him jumped in my truck, drove over there, leapt out, chucked a bunch of wood in my truck and took off.
I pulled on to McLeod Trail at 90th ave, and headed north. At Heritage Drive, I noticed a cop pulling on from the WB lane, and a cop stopped at the EB light. As I got up on the hump that goes over the train tracks, I noticed two cops come screaming up behind me, and two cops at the bottom of the hump in front of me. My buddy then pointed out the heli-cop above us, as I also noticed two more cops come out of nowhere and sandwich my truck.
So I've got six vehicle cops around me, and the heli-cop above me, and I'm thinking "jesus murphy, I know that stealing firewood from an alley is bad, but I wasn't aware that the cops took it this seriously".
So in unison, suddenly all their lights come on, and I stop in the middle of McLeod Trail. They all jumped out of their cars with their guns drawn. One of them started yelling at us to put our hands out the windows and keep them in view. Then he yells to use my left hand and reach in and take out my keys and throw them on the ground. After I did that, they closed in on us with their guns drawn, and started grilling us about where we were and what we just did.
"WHERE'D YOU COME FROM? WHAT DID YOU DO?"
"SORRY SIR, WE TOOK THE WOOD FROM AN ALLEY!!"
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?"
"THE WOOD, WE TOOK IT FROM AN ALLEY! IT WAS JUST STACKED AGAINST BUDDY'S FENCE - I'M SORRY!! I'LL BRING IT BACK!!"
"Wood?"
"Yes, sir! The firewood!"
(cop looks in the box of my truck)
"GIMME YOUR ID!"
So the one cop takes our IDs to his car, while a couple other cops stand there with their guns pointed at us. A few minutes later the cop comes back and asks us if we had been at the Sev by the King's Head a few minutes ago. I was completely puzzled (though I figured out later that the place must have gotten robbed), and said no. Just as fast as we got stopped, they all just took off, except the one cop with our ID. He graciously waited while I finished crapping my pants, gave us our IDs back and told us to have a nice night.
Needless to say, I never stole firewood again.
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